Shells & Fossils

We have a cool selection of plastic sea shells for summer fun and decorating. Some are very colorful, too. Plastic shells can be used year round as educational toys and attractive accents for cakes and parties. What fun it is to find beautiful shells at the beach! It is hard to remember that they are the exoskeletons of animals that have died. Mollusks (clams, chitons, snails, etc) sea worms, barnacles, urchins, and crabs have grown this lovely hard calcium cover to protect their soft parts. Shells come in so many different elaborate shapes and colors. People have always considered them valuable and have used them as jewelry, trade items, magical symbols and even musical instruments. Personally, I enjoy the smooth mottled brown rounded surface of the cowrie shell and its toothy pink mouth. Also, who doesn't enjoy "hearing the sound of the sea" when putting an ear to the opening of a shell? Our store has a growing selection of plastic shell replicas and shell jewelry. They are useful as decorations, gifts or display or diorama items. See our modern and extinct shelled animals.

Shells & Fossils

Use our SEA CUCUMBER replica in your tidepool diorama or marine life display. We specialize in realistic educational animal toys, especially sealife, in order to foster appreciation of our natural environment.

Place our little realistic COWRIE SHELL toy miniature among the rocks and sand of your TROPICAL REEF diorama, display or science project. Add fish, coral and sea plants. These are also a great craft items or cupcake decorations.

Place this lovely realistic blue SEA STAR toy replica in your make-believe tidepool. Use it as a display item in a seashore theme, or as a cake decoration,or in a craft or school science project. Priced reasonably for school use.

Discover the beauty of FOSSILS. Our EXTINCT ANIMAL SKULL toy replicas, especially this unique SMILEDON SKULL. It will stimulate the curiosity of young people interested in science and are so useful for projects, dioramas and displays.

Learn the beauty of FOSSILS. Our EXTINCT ANIMAL SKULL toy replicas, especially this unique WOOLLY RHINO SKULL, will stimulate the curiosity of young scientists and are so useful in science projects, dioramas and displays.

Explore the beauty of FOSSILS. Our EXTINCT ANIMAL SKULL toy replicas, especially this unique ARSINOTHERIUM SKULL, will stimulate the curiosity of young scientists and are so useful in science projects, dioramas and displays.

Uncover the beauty of FOSSILS. Our EXTINCT ANIMAL SKULL toy replicas, especially this unique MASTADON SKULL, will stimulate the curiosity of young scientists and are so useful in science projects, dioramas and displays.

Enjoy the beauty of FOSSILS. Our EXTINCT ANIMAL SKULL toy replicas, especially this unique EMBOLOTHERIUM SKULL, will stimulate the curiosity of budding scientists and are so useful in science projects, dioramas and displays.

Teach the beauty of FOSSILS. Our EXTINCT ANIMAL SKULL toy replicas, especially this unique UINTHATHERIUM SKULL, will stimulate the curiosity of young scientists and are so useful in science projects, dioramas and displays.

Find the beauty of FOSSILS. Our EXTINCT ANIMAL and HUMAN SKULL toy replicas, especially this unique AUSTRALOPITHECUS SKULL, will stimulate the curiosity of young scientists and are so useful in science projects, dioramas and displays.